Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the junction of the Welford branch , a boat from Welford met them with ample supplies of refreshments to fortify them against the passage of Bosworth tunnel . |
| 2 | She was nineteen , the age Maria had been when she had first felt the power of Luke 's attraction , and Maria regarded her with ironic envy , wishing she could have reacted as insouciantly , her awe and admiration as impersonal as Penny 's , Luke confined to some remote pedestal along with other out-of-reach heroes , contact undreamed-of . |
| 3 | WG is alleging that Alan Carr , who remained as Alkar 's chairman , overstated Alkar 's profits by anticipating payments and inflating stock , causing WG to overpay him in subsequent acquisition instalments . |
| 4 | De Gaulle had long believed that the PCF 's tendency to align itself with Moscow invalidated it in crucial respects , and in November 1945 he had refused to give the PCF one of the three ministries that he regarded as essential to national security . |
| 5 | In breaks in our work Edward entertained me with curious stories of the old alchemists . |
| 6 | May Roberts Rinehart used it to excellent effect in The Circular Staircase . |
| 7 | To begin with Gyggle tried me on sensory deprivation . |
| 8 | ‘ The king my father learned of my regard for yourself from Sir Thomas Vaughan who saw it as his duty to inform him , ’ Edward told her with notable reluctance . |
| 9 | If Alice or Bert filled it with hot water and it leaked causing injury , would either of them have an action ? |
| 10 | Woolley placed her under close arrest for mutiny . |
| 11 | Fairbrother was shuffling reluctantly out of the stone doorway as he returned , and Richard greeted him with sarcastic cheerfulness . |
| 12 | The floor plunged at him , the faces at the feast blurring with noise ; he made out Bragad watching him with sharp eyes . |
| 13 | He beckoned Corbett to follow him along whitewashed corridors to the herb scented chamber of Brother Thomas . |
| 14 | In fact they were painted from dead specimens , and to get within range of a naturalist was a misfortune for a nineteenth-century bird or animal ; but Audubon painted them against realistic backgrounds , and in more or less plausible action . |
| 15 | He saw he had made Malm think him of unsound mind and he said quietly , earnestly , " There was nothing , nothing but what I 've told you . " |
| 16 | Simon the Trapper led them by devious paths to the lakeside hut . |
| 17 | Jake regarded her with superior amusement . |
| 18 | Whereas America has visitors with little bodies and big heads , Russia has them with big bodies and little heads . |
| 19 | Both had been pardoned by Menem in October 1989 [ see pp. 36972-73 ] and subsequently cashiered , but Seineldin had been re-arrested and sentenced on Oct. 22 to 60 days ' military detention in San Martín de los Andes , 1,500 km from Buenos Aires , for bypassing the Army chain of command and writing directly to Menem warning him of growing discontent within the Army [ see p. 37853 ] . |
| 20 | ‘ No wonder Sebastian welcomed you with open arms . ’ |
| 21 | Tutilo fronted him with unwavering eyes , but said nothing . |
| 22 | Daniel wanted Elisabeth to accompany him on medieval instruments when he had his repertoire of early songs ready to perform . |
| 23 | They 'll shatter if Suragai pulls it at full stretch . ’ |
| 24 | While Mary did her dance practice her husband Ian joined us with other families on some of the excursions . |
| 25 | At Dillons , assistant manager Graham Wilson told me with quiet confidence that ‘ at customer service we are good ’ . |
| 26 | ‘ Robert told me in quiet tones and averted eyes how he climbed the stairs behind the prostitute in this house where she conducted her trade . |
| 27 | Mr told us about regional offices , about how many of those were there in nineteen eighty seven ? |
| 28 | For example when Pip meets Miss Haversham for the 1st time , Dickens describes her in immense detail . |
| 29 | Walsh dropped him at long leg off Ambrose on 22 then , at 66 , crucially , David Williams , another first-timer at this level alongside Adams and Benjamin , floored a regulation catch behind , thereby allowing Hudson further demonstrations of a trademark straight drive . |
| 30 | Kurt watched her with narrowed eyes . |